Re: axis equal help!

[Ben Abbott]

On Jul 13, 2010, at 7:32 PM, pathematica wrote:

> 
> 
> bpabbott wrote:
>> 
>> If I understand what you're trying to do, the problem is having the
>> pixels/data appear to be the same for each axis, correct?
>> 
>> Octave currently doesn't have a way of doing this in an automated way for
>> 3D.
>> 
>> You can tweak the plot to produce the desired effect by changing its
>> vertical size. For output produced by print(), change the figure's 4th
>> value of the paperposition property. For the plot displayed in the window,
>> change the 4th value of the figure's position property.
>> 
>> Ben
>> 
> 
> Hi Ben
> 
> Thanks, that helped. 
> 
> In case others have the same problem and want the details, I will report the
> results of making changes based on your advice (for others, not for you!)
> 
> Using
> 
>> get(gca())
> 
> I found a parameter called "position" (rather than "paperposition") which is
> a 4-vector which was reported as

Changing the axis "position" property will work. What I had suggested was to 
change the *figure*'s "paperposition" property.

You'll see this property listed if you type "get (gcf ())"

Ben